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[There's a reason one meaning is listed first and the other is, um, Number 2. - Dave]

In the words of that great lexicographer William Safire:

I always say "I am nauseated" before clapping a handkerchief over my mouth and racing to talk to Ralph on the big white phone, but I don't know anybody else who says that. They all say, Gawd, I feel nauseous, or offer a telegraphic Nauseous, gonna go whoops, and they actually take offense when I correct them with "No, you are nauseated"; in one instance, my lap then became the target of a power boot. Since that time, I have accepted nauseous as a synonym for nauseated, and when I need a word to denote "causing nausea," I rely on disgusting. I realize this caving-in to common usage is permissive and descriptive -- nauseous to prescriptivists -- but it has saved me from the fallout of upchucking friends.

That type of surgical bandage is still sometimes used today. It's applied as a pressure bandage and also aids in dressing change. It's probably a good bet this man had either a hernia repair or an appendectomy. I'm curious as to the cross on the anesthesiologist's gown; does it signify his position or the hospital where he practices?

[From Band-Aid boxes to nurse's caps, the cross was a common medical insignia. - Dave]

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